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Creation Date
2019
Description
PROVENIENCE: upper burial No. 1 in Md. B
VESSEL NO. AND GILCREASE MUSEUM ACCESSION NO.: Vessel 1344; 5425.2132; Vessels 1344 to Vessel 1349 were found together in upper burial No. 1
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: fine grog
VESSEL FORM: Bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: direct rim and a rounded lip
CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.4 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 10.5
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 11.8
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): N/A
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 9.0; circular and rounded base
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.5
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has four equally-spaced horizontal engraved lines, while the body has three engraved panels. The panels include a large set of stacked triangles (the smallest one is excised) adjacent to a short scroll with a large cross-hatched circle at its center. There are also two excised triangles above and on either side of the large cross-hatched circle.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE [IF KNOWN]: Crockett Curvilinear Incised, but engraved
Engraved variant of Crockett Curvilinear Incised bowl, Vessel 1344.
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Keywords
American Southeast, Caddo, Ceramic, Pottery, Archaeology, Anthropology
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